Should Red Hat be afraid of SUSEs Rancher acquisition?
Summary
"The Kubernetes marketplace saw significant consolidation in 2019 with the acquisitions of Heptio and Pivotal by VMware, and Red Hat by IBM," said Sheng Liang, former Rancher CEO and, now SUSEs president of engineering and innovation. "I knew SUSE was the right company for us because of our shared ethos, viewpoint and philosophy of open source driving value to business leaders," Liang added. In a blog posting, SUSE CEO Melissa Di Donato said: "This is a union that brings together the best in Kubernetes management, Linux and Edge computing to address the needs of all customers seeking to grow their business and out-innovate their competition." In a remark pointed at Red Hat, Di Donato added: "In 1994, SUSE forever changed the course of business innovation by introducing enterprise-grade Linux. And today, with Rancher, we offer the industrys only adaptable Linux operating system, interoperable Kubernetes Management platform, and innovative Edge solutions."
